The defenders won the first battle, and the news that the arrogant Japanese Kwantung Army was defeated by them and fled in panic quickly spread throughout the city of Shenyang like a whirlwind.

For a time, the entire city's soldiers and civilians were immersed in the joy and excitement of victory. The whole city cheered and the soldiers and civilians celebrated together.

When Liu Jianguo returned with a group of surviving soldiers, Zang Shiyi, then governor of Liaoning Province and mayor of Shenyang City, had already led a large number of businessmen and gentlemen in the city and thousands of Shenyang citizens who came spontaneously out of the south gate to welcome him.

As the acting city defense commander of Fengtian City, Zhang Xinghan was naturally among them.

More than a thousand soldiers returned from the bloody battle. Under the leadership of regiment leader Liu Jianguo, they lined up outside the south gate and stood ready.

Liu Jianguo stepped forward and came to Zhang Xinghan and Zang Shiyi. He stood upright and saluted solemnly: "Come to the camp seat, Governor Zang. Our regiment has fulfilled its mission and won the first battle!"

Zhang Xinghan nodded, and Zang Shiyi on the side stepped forward with excitement and said: "Commander Liu, good job. Your regiment has made great achievements in defending Shenyang. I will ask the young marshal to take credit for you, but For the sake of the hundreds of thousands of elders in Shenyang, I hope you will continue your efforts and make new achievements."

"Please rest assured, governor, our regiment of soldiers swears to live and die with Fengtian. As long as one of us is alive and breathing, we will never let a single Japanese soldier enter Shenyang City." Liu Jianguo immediately expressed his position. .

"Well, the soldiers have worked hard, and their families are all looking forward to being reunited with them. Let's disband first." Zang Shiyi said, turning to Zhang Xinghan and asking: "Commander Zhang, what do you think?"

"Yeah." Zhang Xinghan nodded.

After receiving Zhang Xinghan's instruction, Liu Jianguo immediately turned around and gave the order: "Everyone disbands and will return to the team in fifteen minutes to assemble."

Liu Jianguo gave the order and the troops were immediately disbanded. At this time, a large number of orphans, widows, mothers and elderly people suddenly emerged from the crowd of civilians. They called their children and husbands and rushed towards the disbanded soldiers.

The recruits who had just experienced a baptism of life and death suddenly saw their parents, wives and children, and they couldn't bear it anymore and ran towards their relatives one after another.

Many people held their heads and cried with their wives, children, and parents. They felt the joy of being reunited after experiencing life and death, but also the fear and grievance of witnessing the brutal battlefield of life and death. At this moment, the recruits vented their suppressed emotions to their heart's content, and they cried bitterly. For the first time, I felt how precious life is. Being able to come back alive to see my wife, children, and parents is more important than anything else.

Of course, this does not mean that they will lose their fighting spirit and be afraid of going to the battlefield again. On the contrary, after crying and venting their anger, they will pick up their guns without hesitation, put on their military uniforms, and rush to the battlefield again.

Because after they experienced the tragic battle and the ferocity of the Japanese army, and survived and returned to their relatives, they finally understood what the goal was for which they fought so bloody hard.

That is their wives, sons, daughters, and parents. In order for them to live happily and to prevent the Japanese bayonets from causing any harm to them, they must shoulder their guns and go to the battlefield like men.

Because they have no choice, this may be the sorrow of a man, a man in the battlefield era. It is also their supreme honor. It is a supreme honor to go to the battlefield for the fathers, wives, sons and daughters of his hometown, and to fight bloody battles for the country and the nation. This is a supreme honor. .

The new recruit Niu Erzhu was no exception. As soon as the army was disbanded, his father Zhu Ganglie came calling him by his name in a panic.

Niu Erzhu saw his father's anxious eyes and walked over quickly with a gun on his back.

"Er Zhu! It's great that you are still alive." Zhu Ganglie also saw his son and was immediately ecstatic.

"Plop!" Niu Erzhu suddenly knelt in front of Zhu Ganglie.

Zhu Ganglie was obviously startled by his son's kneeling, and said: "Er Zhu, what are you doing? Get up quickly."

"Dad, Erzhu didn't embarrass you or our ancestors. I killed four Japanese." Niu Erzhu said with a solemn expression.

"Well, Dad knows. Dad is proud of you." Zhu Ganglie nodded with great pleasure and said, "Get up quickly."

"Dad, listen to Er Zhu's words." Niu Er Zhu did not stand up, but continued: "Dad, I want to tell you that from today on, Er Zhu may not be able to fulfill his filial piety to you until you die, because of your son's

My life is no longer my own. My life was saved by our squad leader. From now on, I will be a soldier. I will always be prepared to sacrifice my life for the country. I will take over the squad leader’s gun and complete the task.

His unfinished mission and ideal, even if one day his son dies in battle, father, don’t be sad, because your son will not embarrass you, nor will he embarrass our ancestors, he died for the country."

After saying that, Niu Erzhu, with tears in his eyes, kowtowed three times to Zhu Ganglie.

Listening to his son's tear-jerking words, Zhu Ganglie fell silent. Many years ago, he was as young as his son, and like him, he was awakened by this dog-eared war, and something in his body had been dormant for a long time.

"Dad won't blame you, get up." Zhu Ganglie nodded solemnly and pulled his son up after kowtowing to him.

Many new recruits were able to return home in triumph and were still alive crying with their relatives, but the relatives of the hundreds of soldiers who died in the battle could only cry loudly around their corpses.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Xinghan couldn't help but echo the last two lines of a poem: Don't laugh when you are lying drunk on the battlefield. How many people have fought in ancient times!

However, his subordinates could not even drink a glass of water or wine before going out. Thinking of this, Zhang Xinghan felt deeply self-blame and guilt. Although it is impossible to fight without casualties, witnessing such a tragic separation of life and death, separated by yin and yang,

Situation, Zhang Xinghan is not a tree, how can he be ruthless?

Determined, Zhang Xinghan strode towards the bodies of the fallen soldiers. Most of these bodies were carried back by the living soldiers.

Seeing Zhang Xinghan coming forward, Zang Shiyi and others followed him even though they didn't know why.

Arriving in front of the bodies of the fallen soldiers, Zhang Xinghan took off the helmet on his head and saluted them with a standard military salute.

Upon seeing this, Liu Jianguo, Zang Shiyi and others took off their helmets and caps one after another as if they had realized something, followed by the surviving officers and soldiers who followed suit.

"Raise your gun and fire a gun to see off the fallen soldiers, our brothers, and our heroes!" Zhang Xinghan said loudly.

The soldiers present raised their steel guns one after another, pulled the bolts and got ready. With Liu Jianguo's big wave of his hand, they all pulled the triggers.

Suddenly, there was a loud sound of gunfire, and the dense gunfire echoed over the south gate for a long time.

After handing over the bodies of the fallen soldiers to Zang Shiyi's organization for burial, Zhang Xinghan took Liu Jianguo and others back to his city defense headquarters. Although the regiment won the first battle, Zhang Xinghan knew that the Japanese would never give up. Therefore, the real battle

It's just the beginning.

Therefore, he needs to make arrangements for the next battle.

After returning to the headquarters, Liu Jianguo was the first to ask: "Bingzuo, shall we organize our troops and take the opportunity to launch a full-scale counterattack against the Japanese army? Defeat them completely."

"No." Zhang Xinghan shook his head and said: "Although we won the battle just now, it is still far from the time for a full-scale counterattack, because the main force of the Japanese army is still there and is still capable of fighting. Moreover, in such a battle we The casualties are not small. If we force a counterattack, it will be difficult to defeat the enemy. It is very likely that we will be defeated by the enemy."

"Then let's continue to hold on?" Liu Jianguo said.

"Yeah." Zhang Xinghan nodded and said, "But the Japanese army will definitely shift their attack targets next."

"Change the target?" Liu Jianguo looked at Zhang Xinghan in surprise.

"Yes, because they suffered a big loss from our air force today, I think they will definitely launch an all-out attack on our Shenyang Airport in an attempt to disintegrate our air force advantage and defeat us." Zhang Xinghan explained.

"Then we have to strengthen the airport's defense force as soon as possible." Liu Jianguo had been to the airport and said immediately.

"Yeah." Zhang Xinghan nodded again and said: "I have already thought about it and leave the defense of the airport to your group. You have been to the airport and have an understanding of the surrounding environment and the airport's garrison strength. The important thing is that the airport It is the top priority of our battle to defend Shenyang, and there is absolutely no room for failure. The first regiment was formed with our 3rd Battalion as the backbone, and you have just fought against the Japanese, so it is most appropriate to send your regiment."

"Yeah." Liu Jianguo nodded in agreement and said, "What about the defense of the south gate?"

"Leave the defense of the South Gate to the Second Regiment. You should immediately lead the first regiment to the airport. In addition, pass my order. The Shenyang Airport ** garrison battalion will be organized into a regiment and will be under your unified command." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Yes!" Liu Jianguo happily accepted the order, saluted, and strode away.

After Liu Jianguo left, the phone in the city defense headquarters suddenly rang. Zhang Xinghan walked over and picked up the phone: "I'm Zhang Xinghan."

On the other end of the phone, Gao Zhihang, who had just achieved great military exploits, said excitedly: "Commander Zhang, did our aviation team do well in this battle?"

"Well, our victory this time is all due to Brother Ziheng, who led the air force to attack with all his strength." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Commander, I have an idea, but I don't know if it's feasible or not," Gao Zhihang said.

"Brother Ziheng, please speak." Zhang Xinghan said.

"As far as I know, the Japanese army is now massing in the area of ​​Sujiatun Station. Is it necessary for our air force to carry out air strikes and bombings against them?" Gao Zhihang said. It is obvious that after the battle, both Gao Zhihang and the Northeast Army All the pilots were very much looking forward to attacking again and pouring out their fury on the Japanese.

"I've thought about this before, but brother Zi Heng, as far as I know your air force's fuel reserves are not very large, so I think it's better to control the number of sorties and use them when you are needed most." Phone call Zhang Xinghan on the other end pondered for a moment and said.

Didn't he know that it was very satisfying to have air superiority and carry out air strikes against the Japanese army? It would not only deplete the morale of the Japanese army, but also cause some damage to them.

However, Zhang Xinghan knows more about the value of fuel. At this time, China does not have the ability to produce its own gasoline. Although there is a Daqing oil field in the northeast with amazing reserves, he does not yet have the opportunity or ability to exploit it. He can only wait until the future. .

Therefore, Zhang Xiaoliu had to use some of the fuel he had accumulated when he was the master of the family, so that he could maximize the value of the air force, and the first time he bombed the Japanese army, the effect might be good, but when the Japanese army was prepared, it would It will have little effect.

Rather than doing this, it is better to save it and use it in battles like today to help ground troops win. This is the most cost-effective way.

"Yes, Ziheng understands." Gao Zhihang naturally knew about the fuel reserves, so he responded immediately.

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As Zhang Xinghan expected, Itagaki Seishiro was defeated and retreated to the back of Sujiatun.

He immediately smiled at Ishihara and said, "Ishihara-kun, we must destroy the Chinese airfield and air force and disintegrate their air force advantage. Otherwise, we will face a huge air threat."

"Well, that's what I think too." Ishihara Wanji had thought about it in detail after hearing about the failure on the front line. In his opinion, it would take time to wait for the air force fighters to be mobilized from the mainland, and now they must do it as soon as possible They captured Shenyang because the news of the September 18th Incident has basically not spread yet.

The international community does not know yet, and the Nationalist Government has not yet had time to make any response.

They must capture Shenyang as soon as possible and create the fact that the Kwantung Army has actually occupied it. Only in this way can the Japanese remain invincible in future negotiations and in dealing with so-called international public opinion.

Furthermore, the Chinese army in Shenyang City has posed a serious threat to them. If they cannot eliminate them, they are likely to be defeated by them.

Now Kanji Ishihara and Seishiro Itagaki are like arrows drawn from the bow. They cannot look back and can only go on one way until they win this conflict.

"Then I will organize the troops immediately and attack Dongta Airport immediately." Itagaki Seishiro said immediately when he saw Ishihara Wanji's agreement.

PS: Thanks to Tianhai League, Daqin League, Kunlun Beggar King, Kuangqin, Lao Wang Arthur and other brothers for their rewards and support. Congratulations to Tianhai Xiangyun for becoming the first protector of Huben during the war. Thank you Qiufeng, and we will work harder.
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